It’s mosquito season!! Be sure to have your pet started on Heartworm prevention (monthly pills) if they aren’t already. Don’t listen to this “mosquito” – call your vet (or give me a call, I can come to your house).

Because heartworm disease is preventable, the AHS recommends that pet owners take steps now to talk to their veterinarian about how to best protect their pets from this dangerous disease. Heartworm prevention is safe, easy and inexpensive. While treatment for heartworm disease in dogs is possible, it is a complicated and expensive process, taking weeks for infected animals to recover. There is no effective treatment for heartworm disease in cats, so it is imperative that disease prevention measures be taken for cats.

http://www.heartwormsociety.org/pet-owner-resources/heartworm.html     (note: the 6 month injection is NO longer available for dogs).